Hello from Ohio

[beckyzoole]

On Friday the 7th, bbwoof and I drove to Cincinatti for a Samhain get-together with a group of Mensan Wiccans, mostly old friends. I talked with one of them about a possible technical writing position. The job would require coming out to Cincinatti for a week's worth of training, then returning for a day every month or two. Otherwise, I'd work from home

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[kamoranakrre]

Did you get to ride the Incline in Johnstown? It's their "Most Unique Tourist Attraction" (Even more unique than the Flood Museum, apparently)! evil_puffball and I rode several years ago, but we were disappointed to discover that the restaurant at the top was closed at the time!

It's down into the $1.60s here now--still falling!

[beckyzoole]

I saw the incline, but didn't get to ride it. I would have really loved to have seen the Flood Museum, but we missed that, too. Most of the time was spent relaxing and visiting with friends.

Next time I get out that way, I will definitely see more of Johnstown than the local Super Walmart!

[ithildae]

I am so glad you are having a good trip.

I find working from home difficult, more so with the internet available (and required) for work. I admire your discipline for being able to do it!

[beckyzoole]

I would so love to work from home! Here's hoping I get the job.

[curiouswombat]

Hope you are home by the time you read this! Trips are good, but getting home is so good at the end of them.

The possible job sounds neat.

Nanty Glo? What a wonderful name for a town. I wonder if it was originally something Welsh that got simplified?

[beckyzoole]

There is a Nantyglo in Wales, too, in Gwent. It means "River of Coal" in Welsh, and both towns were named after coal mines.

The Nant-y-glo coal mine in Pennsylvania was opened in 1896. The town was built up around it, and over the next 20 or 30 years it thrived as more mines were developed in the area. It's very impoverished now. But so pretty! It lies in a steep-sided mountain valley. When you drive over the pass to reach it, it suddenly appears like Brigadoon. The town is bisected by a narrow, deep, swift-flowing river, lined with old brick shops and crossed by an old iron bridge. Tall square houses climb the hills along both sides. The hills are steep that most homes can be entered at ground level on two stories; some on three.

[curiouswombat]

Ah - it does have Welsh roots - I thought it might. Ex mining towns can be sad places - but sometimes once the mines are gone the surroundings are actually really pretty.

We have a couple of ex-mining towns even here on our tiny island - both now of the scenic variety - but they were tin mines, not coal mines.